"Criminal procedure in the common law world is being recast in the image of human rights. The cumulative impact of human rights laws, both international and domestic, presages a revolution in common law procedural traditions. Comprising 16 essays plus the editors' thematic intro…
Criminal procedure in the common law world is being recast in the image of human rights. These essays explore various aspects of the 'human rights revolution' in criminal evidence and procedure in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Ireland, S…
Addressing a series of doctrinal puzzles within the law of assault, defamation and breach of privacy, this book considers in what respects the Roman delict of iniuria overlaps with its modern counterparts in England, Scotland and South Africa.
Addressing a series of doctrinal puzzles within the law of assault, defamation and breach of privacy, this book considers in what respects the Roman delict of iniuria overlaps with its modern counterparts in England, Scotland and South Africa ...
The author argues for judicial decision making to be based on interpretation rather than simply applying past legal decisions. This judicial interpretation should be based on theory insisting "fundamental point of law is not to report consensus or provide efficient means to soci…